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• Micronesia -- History -- Sources

• Bad Colonists: The South Seas Letters of Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1999), by Nicholas Thomas and Richard Eves, contrib. by Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke (page images at HathiTrust)

• Foreign Ships in Micronesia, by Francis X. Hezel (HTML at micsem.org)

• An Annotated Bibliography of German Language Sources on the Mariana Islands (with links to many online sources), by Dirk H. R. Spennemann (frame-dependent HTML in Australia)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• A History of Asia and Oceanica (Louisville, KY: Morton and Griswold, 1850), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hawaiian Journal of History (partial serial archives)

• Out of Time: History and Evolution in Anthropological Discourse (second edition, with new afterword; Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1996), by Nicholas Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)

• "First Contacts" in Polynesia: The Samoan Case (1722-1848); Western Misunderstandings about Sexuality and Divinity (2008), by Serge Tcherkézoff (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)
• A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa, by Robert Louis Stevenson (Gutenberg text)
• Samoa (in German; Berlin: W. Süsserott, ca. 1902), by Franz Reinecke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Why Reject the Treaty? A Maori-Pakeha Viewpoint (2008), by Emily Bailey (PDF with commentary at Rebel Press)

• Colonial Memories (London: Smith, Elder, 1904), by Lady Barker (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Tragedies in New Zealand in 1868 and 1881: Discussed in England in 1886 and 1887 (selected proceedings from the Bryce v. Rusden libel case; London and Bungay: Printed privately by R. Clay and Sons, 1888), ed. by George William Rusden, contrib. by Great Britain High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (1880-1901)
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand (Auckland: Brett Printing and Pub. Co., 1903), by W. J. Barry (page images in New Zealand)

• The Maori Record: A Journal Devoted to the Advancement of the Maori People (1905-1907) (full serial archives)

• Remains to be Seen: Tracing Joe Hill's Ashes in New Zealand (2011), by Jared Davidson (PDF with commentary at Rebel Press)

• Remains to be Seen: Tracing Joe Hill's Ashes in New Zealand (2011), by Jared Davidson (PDF with commentary at Rebel Press)

• Remains to be Seen: Tracing Joe Hill's Ashes in New Zealand (2011), by Jared Davidson (PDF with commentary at Rebel Press)

• Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War (London et al.: Blackie and Son, n.d.), by G. A. Henty, illust. by Alfred Pearse
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Tragedies in New Zealand in 1868 and 1881: Discussed in England in 1886 and 1887 (selected proceedings from the Bryce v. Rusden libel case; London and Bungay: Printed privately by R. Clay and Sons, 1888), ed. by George William Rusden, contrib. by Great Britain High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (1880-1901)
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Stirring Times of Te Rauparaha (Chief of the Ngatitoa); The Sacking of Kaiaphoia (Christchurch, NZ et al.: Whitcombe and Tombs, ca. 1906), by W. T. Locke Travers and James West Stack
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Station Life in New Zealand, by Lady Barker (Gutenberg text)
• Colonial Memories (London: Smith, Elder, 1904), by Lady Barker (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand (Auckland: Brett Printing and Pub. Co., 1903), by W. J. Barry (page images in New Zealand)

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (electronic edition) (HTML in New Zealand)

• Indirections: A Memoir, 1909-1947, by Charles Brasch (multiple formats in New Zealand)

• Indirections: A Memoir, 1909-1947, by Charles Brasch (multiple formats in New Zealand)

• Indirections: A Memoir, 1909-1947, by Charles Brasch (multiple formats in New Zealand)

• An Unforgettable Journey, by Maria Van der Linden (illustrated HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Stranger Than Fiction: The Life and Times of Split Enz (1991), by Mike Chunn (page images in Australia)

• The History of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand (revised edition; Wellington: New Zealand Church Missionary Society, 1935), by Eugene Stock (multiple formats in New Zealand)

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (electronic edition) (HTML in New Zealand)

• Early Otago, and Some of its Notable Men (Dunedin, NZ: J. Wilkie and Co., 1907), by C. Stuart Ross (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of and Guide to the Wanganui River (Wanganui: Wanganui Herald Newspaper Co., 1921), by T. W. Downes, contrib. by J. H. Burnet
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters: A History of Anarchism in Aotearoa/New Zealand From the Mid-1950s to the Early 1980s (Christchurch: Katipo Books and Irrecuperable Press, 2008), by Toby Boraman (PDF with commentary at Rebel Press)

• The Compassionate Contrarians: A History of Vegetarians in Aotearoa New Zealand (2014), by Catherine Amey (PDF with commentary at Rebel Press)

• Colonial Memories (London: Smith, Elder, 1904), by Lady Barker (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Station Life in New Zealand, by Lady Barker (Gutenberg text)

• The Compassionate Contrarians: A History of Vegetarians in Aotearoa New Zealand (2014), by Catherine Amey (PDF with commentary at Rebel Press)

• The Compassionate Contrarians: A History of Vegetarians in Aotearoa New Zealand (2014), by Catherine Amey (PDF with commentary at Rebel Press)

• The Tarawera Eruption, 1886 (London: Proprietor of the "Empire Review", ca. 1903), by Ellen Ida Massy (illustrated HTML in New Zealand)

• Maori and Aboriginal Women in the Public Eye: Representing Difference, 1950-2000 (c2011), by Karen Fox (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)

• The Cruise of the Snark, by Jack London (Gutenberg text)
• Through the South Seas with Jack London (London: T.W. Laurie, ca. 1913), by Martin Johnson (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Discovery and Empire: The French in the South Seas (c2013), ed. by John West-Sooby (PDF with commentary at Adelaide)

• Discovery and Empire: The French in the South Seas (c2013), ed. by John West-Sooby (PDF with commentary at Adelaide)

• Archives, Documentation, and Institutions of Social Memory: Essays From the Sawyer Seminar (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2006), ed. by Francis X. Blouin and William G. Rosenberg (page images at HathiTrust)

• Analecta Sacra Spicilegio Solesmensi Parata (7 volumes (1-6 and 8; v7 never published); in Latin, Greek, and French, with titles varying somewhat; 1876-1891), ed. by J. B. Pitra, contrib. by Saint Hildegard
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Book I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book II (Patres Antenicaeni): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book III (Patres Antenicaeni): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book IV (Patres Antenicaeni): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book V (Analecta Sacra et Classica): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book VI (Juris Ecclesiastici Graecorum, sometimes misidentified as Book VII): page images at Gallica
  • Book VIII (Sanctae Hildegardis): multiple formats at archive.org
• Select Documents Illustrating Mediaeval and Modern History (London: P.S. King and Son, 1905), by Emil Reich (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Die Älteren Papsturkunden des Erzbistums Hamburg: Eine Diplomatische Untersuchung (in German; Hamburg and Leipzig: L. Voss, 1909), by F. Curschmann
  • page images at Harvard
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Les Tamgas des Kirghizes (Kazaks) (offprint from "Revue du monde musulman", in French; 1921), by Joseph Castagné (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• De l'Histoire Profane dans les Actes Grecs des Bollandistes: Extraits Grecs, Traduction Française, Notes, avec les Fragments Laissés Inédis par les Bollandistes (in French; Paris: F. Didot, 1874), ed. by A. Tougard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records of the Past: Being English Translations of the Ancient Monuments of Egypt and Western Asia (new series, 6 volumes; London: S. Bagster and Sons, ca. 1888-1892), ed. by A. H. Sayce
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume IV: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volumes I-IV: HTML at sacred-texts.com
• Records of the Past: Being English Translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments, Published Under the Sanction of the Society of Biblical Archaeology (12 volumes; London: S. Bagster and Sons, ca. 1873-1881), ed. by Samuel Birch
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XI: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XII: multiple formats at archive.org

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